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The Emory Payson and Jean Wilcox Tuttle Estate Collection

Schooner “John Crockford” abandoned in ice on the Long Island Sound, three miles off of Old Field Point, New York, February 4, 1904.
Photograph by Byron W. Hallock. Left to right: Captain Vincent Hallock, Captain Charles Hallock, Captain John Terrell, Frank Howell, Captain Gilbert Hutchinson, James B. Gurbey, Captain A. Morse Hawkins, Elvin S. Hawkins, and Herbert Nelson.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION    

Title
The Emory Payson and Jean Wilcox Tuttle Estate Collection

Collection Number
SC 494

OCLC Number
1478168418

Creator 
Various

Provenance
Donated by David W. Tuttle, Mark H. Tuttle and Nathan J. Tuttle in September 2023.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note 
The collection spans 9 linear feet and contains materials created between the 18th and 20th centuries (1785-1972), including correspondence, financial records, genealogies, photographs, diaries, wills, deeds, and ephemera. These items document the lives of family members from the Tuttle/Tuthill, Hawkins, Van Brunt, and Darling families. Most of the materials focus on Brookhaven and Southampton Townships on Long Island, including Eastport, Setauket, and Port Jefferson. The collection chronicles the transformation of life on Long Island from an agrarian society to a suburban one, offering insights across multiple generations.

Arrangement and Processing Note
The collection has been arranged and decribed in a manner that prioritizes ease of access and utility for researchers. The materials have been rehoused in acid-free envelopes, folders, and boxes to preserve their integrity and protect them from environmental damage. Photographs have been rehoused in sleeve protectors. This preservation strategy enhances the longevity of the collection while maintaining its accessibility for future study and research.

Collection processed by Kristen J. Nyitray and Lynn Toscano in 2024. Olivia Nissen, intern, assisted with sorting items and transcription in November 2024. Finding aid published in December 2024. 

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Box number], [Folder or Item], The Emory Payson and Jean Wilcox Tuttle Estate Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Historical Note
The Jean and Emory Tuttle family of Long Island has deep roots in Eastport and Setauket, tracing their lineage back to the region’s earliest colonial settlers. Over the years, the Tuttles and the Hawkins families have contributed to the community’s growth, balancing farming, craftsmanship, and service to the local church, while preserving their connections to the land and sea. Through wars, economic shifts, and changing times, their legacy has endured, a testament to the strength and perseverance of families who call this part of Long Island home.

John Anderson Tuttle (1841–1921) and his second wife, Lillian Tuthill Tuttle (1856–1931), were the parents of four children: Henry, who married Kit; Vernon, married to Ollie; Ethel, who often went by her mother’s maiden name, Tuthill, and remained unmarried; and Ray, who married Ruth Hawkins.

John A. Tuttle was a son of John Culver Tuttle (1814–1888), a well-established landowner, builder, and painter. In 1873, John A. Tuttle built his home at 362 Montauk Highway in Eastport, New York, a residence that would later become the home of his grandson, Emory P. Tuttle, son of Ray and Ruth. John A. was a direct descendant of the original settler of Eastport, a family deeply rooted in the area’s history. Lillian Tuttle, born Lillian Tuthill, was the daughter of Daniel Tuthill (1818–1898) and Cynthia Wells (1818–1895), who hailed from Aquebogue, NY, further strengthening the Tuttle family's connection to the region.

One of the most memorable figures in this narrative is Ray Tuttle (1895–1972), who served with distinction in World War I. Ray enlisted in the U.S. Army and fought in France during the war, where he was shot in the back just one day before the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918. Ray spent several months in France recuperating from his injuries. After returning home, he and his brother Vernon became involved in the local duck farming industry. In 1920, they established a farm known as "Tuttle Brothers" on Bay Avenue in Eastport, one of many duck farms in the area. The farm was also affectionately referred to as “Lonesome Pine” in some letters, or simply as “TB” among family and friends.

Ray married Ruth Hawkins on September 1, 1920, and the couple settled on the duck farm, initially living in a newly constructed incubator building. In 1925, they moved into a new home across the street, a "California Stucco" style house built by Ketchum Brothers. Ray and Ruth’s son, Emory P. Tuttle, was born into this tight-knit farming community, surrounded by the traditions and rhythms of Eastport life. Ruth Hawkins, born October 11, 1897, had a distinguished academic background, graduating from The State Normal School in New Paltz, NY, in 1917-1918, and later teaching elementary school in Eastport for two years before her marriage.

Ray and Ruth were key figures in the local community, and their influence extended to their son, Emory. Raised on the family’s duck farm, Emory was immersed in a world of farming, local church activities, and the nearby Great South Bay. Like many in the family, Emory had a strong passion for music and sports, excelling in both. He briefly attended Houghton College in upstate New York in 1942-43, before returning home to work full-time on the Tuttle Brothers Duck Farm. Emory’s life was deeply intertwined with the family legacy of farming, music, and the preservation of history, as evidenced by his collection of family records and letters.

The Tuttle-Hawkins story also includes a connection to the Hawkins side of the family, with notable figures such as Elvin Smith (1872–1964) and his wife Lillian Bayles Darling Hawkins (1871–1926), often referred to as Lizzie. Elvin, a contractor and carpenter, spent his younger years as a cabin boy and deckhand on schooners. He later married Lizzie, and together they lived with her parents, Elbert Osborn Darling (1843–1926) and Susan Augusta Van Brunt Darling (1847–1926), in East Setauket, NY. Elvin’s father, Israel Hawkins, was a ship's carpenter, as was his brother. This family was deeply connected to the maritime history of the region, with Lizzie’s father, E.O. Darling, being a ship’s carpenter and later an accomplished painter of seascapes. E.O. Darling also built an Italianate house in the late 1860s in Setauket, which still stands today.

In the Hawkins family, there is also a notable link to the sea, as E.O. Darling’s father, Alfred Darling (1808–1891), was a ship’s captain who ran trading schooners into New York City, and was brother to Matthew Darling, the owner of the Darling Shipyard in Port Jefferson. 

Jean W. Tuttle (1924–2020), the wife of Emory P. Tuttle, was born on Brushy Neck Lane in Speonk, New York, to S. Leroy and Georgianna (Robinson) Wilcox. Jean’s childhood was shaped by the Oceanic Duck Farm in Speonk, which her father operated. Leroy Wilcox was a naturalist and ornithologist, and Jean’s early years were spent in close proximity to nature, along with her extended family who lived nearby. The family was active in the Eastport Methodist Protestant Church, and much of Jean’s youth was centered around both the farm and the church community.

Jean graduated as salutatorian from Westhampton Beach High School in 1944, and two years later, she married Emory Tuttle. Together, they carried forward the family traditions of farming and service to their community.

Emory and Jean’s son Mark Tuttle, the compiler of this family chronicle, traces his lineage to both the Tuttle and Hawkins families, whose legacies continue to shape the community of Eastport, NY. The Tuttle-Hawkins family’s deep roots in the region—spanning generations of farmers, builders, naturalists, and artists—paint a vivid portrait of a family devoted to both preserving history and forging their own path in a rapidly changing world.

Subjects
Tuttle family.
Hawkins family.
Van Brunt family.
Darling family.
Hawkins, Elvin S. 1872-1964.
Hawkins, Lillian Darling, 1871-1948.
Darling, Elbert O., 1843-1926.
Tuttle Ray, 1895-1972.
Tuttle, Ruth Hawkins, 1897-1956.
Tuttle, Emory P., 1925-1995.
Tuttle, Jean Wilcox, 1924-2020.
Caroline Church (Setauket, N.Y.) -- History.
Freemasons -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County.
State Normal School (New Paltz, N.Y.)
Houghton University.
Eastport Gospel Church (Eastport, N.Y.) -- History.
Families -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County.
Duck industry -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History.
Real property -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
Deeds -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- Genealogy.
Wills -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
Setauket (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
Eastport (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
Brookhaven (N.Y. : Town) -- History -- Sources.
Southampton (N.Y. : Town) -- History -- Sources.
Suffolk County (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.

INVENTORY

Box 1

Folder 1: handwritten genealogies including the surnames Bayles, Darling, Hallock, Hawkins, and Van Brunt from the 17th century through early 20th century

Folder 2: copy of document with subscribers for building a Methodist church on land to be donated by George Tuthill, 1842; typed copy of “Manuscript of Henry Raynor, entitled ‘Genealogical History of the Raynor and Tuttle Families commenced 1878. With foot-notes and additions by Lillian Raynor, 1911.’ Presented to Suffolk County Historical Society, Lillian Raynor 1911”; miscellaneous genealogy and lists of marriages, secret code used by General Washington; typed transcription of the 1795 indenture between Jacob Van Brunt and his son John Van Brunt, Setauket, New York; poems about Setauket, New York and George Washington (includes small binder)

Folder 3: letters written to Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Hawkins, 1932-1948

Folders 4-5: letters to Elvin S. and Lizzie Hawkins (1947) described as “Important Van Brunt genealogy letters from Albert Hallock to Lizzie Darling Hawkins”; booklet about Fort Edwards Collegiate Institute, 1892-1893 (Lizzie attended this school). Lizzie’s mother Susan was a Van Brunt.

Folders 6-7: letters to Miss Lizzie Darling, 1890-1896 while living in East Setauket 

Folder 8: bank checks, c1899.

Folder 9: deed, Franklin A. Darling and wife to Elbert O. Darling, 1899

Folder 10: deed, Alfred Darling and wife, sale of land to Elbert O. Darling, August 27, 1877

Folder 11: letter, Rector W. Maroni? of the Caroline Church in Setauket to Ruth D. Hawkins, April 1912

Folder 12: deed, Charles Jayne and Elisa Amon land sold to Matthew Darling, February 2, 1847

Folder 13: deed, Matthew Darling, wife Elizabeth, sale of 20 acres for $625.00 to Alfred Darling, December 1847

Folder 14: deed, Charles Jayne and Elisa Amon land sold to Alfred Darling, February 2, 1847

Folder 15: Matthew Darling, last will and testament, March 29, 1849. Alfred Darling is the executor.

Folder 16: handwritten notes about genealogies of the Tuthill and Hawkins families

Folder 17: handwritten notes about early New York history

Folder 18: handwritten treatise on various Caribbean Islands and Channel Islands, UK.

Folder 19: diaries of Elvin S. Hawkins: 1929-1937; auto travel diary of a roadtrip to Florida, 1932 and 1937-38; auto travel diary written by Elvin S. Hawkins; starting in Port Jefferson, New York, February 9, 1938 to Doro, Florida and returns in April. 

Folder 20: handwritten history by Lizzie V. B. Darling Hawkins in an address book dated January 1920

Folder 21: diary dated November 1942 of a road trip; Elvin and Lizzie Hawkins with Ray, Ruth and Ethel Tuttle visiting Emory Tuttle at Houghton College, New York

Folder 22: letter to Mrs. Edwards from Edna Huntington at The Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, regarding the Van Brunt House in Brooklyn, New York, 1945

Folder 23: letter to Mr. Hicks from V. Hallock, East Setauket, New York, before 1926 

Folder 24: letter to Mr. Azel Roe from Noah Gillet, 1830

Folder 25: wedding invitation, Carrie Van Brunt to Thomas J. Denman, Jr., 1880

Folder 26: letter, birth of Elbert Elvin Tuttle, 1924

Folder 27: letter to Miss Mary E. Van Brunt and sister, 1861

Folder 28: letters to Captain Alfred Darling, 1877

Box 2

Folder 1: wedding and graduation invitations to Mr. and Mrs. Elvin S. Hawkins. East Setauket, 1885 to 1963

Folder 2: wedding and graduation invitations to Mr. and Mrs. Elvin S Hawkins. East Setauket, 1885 to 1963

Folder 3: letters written to Mr. Elvin S. Hawkins, 1886 to 1948

Folder 4: letters and cards to Elvin S. Hawkins living in East Setauket, New York; includes a few sympathy letters for the death of his first wife Lizzie and daughter Ruth, 1948 to 1963

Folder 5: letters and postcards to Mr. and/or Mrs. E.O. Darling, 1912 to 1917 (regarding a will); financial records, 1899-1909

Folder 6: sympathy cards to Mr. and Mrs. Elvin S. Hawkins (residents of East Setauket) on the passing of his daughter Ruth Hawkins Tuttle, 1956. Elvin had remarried to Sadie Bryant by this time; his first wife Lizzie died early in 1948.

Folder 7: estate of Ruth Hawkins Tuttle

Folder 8: birthday and Father’s Day cards to Elvin S. Hawkins, 1952-1956 

Box 3

Folder 1: letters to Lillian Darling Hawkins, 1899-1926. Most are from her daughter Ruth while attending the New Paltz School in 1917/1918; teaching in Eastport, New York; 1918-20; and after her marriage in 1920. Reference is made to constables chasing and shooting at rum runners, and a large KKK meeting in Eastport, New York

Folder 2: letters to Lillian Darling Hawkins, 1899-1926. Most are from her daughter Ruth while attending the New Paltz School in 1917/1918; teaching in Eastport, New York; 1918-20; and after her marriage in 1920. Reference is made to constables chasing and shooting at rum runners, and a large KKK meeting in Eastport, New York

Folder 3: mortgage, Charles W. Brian and Marie A. Brian to Elvin S. Hawkins, 1930

Folders 4-5: ephemera about Long Island; includes content about churches, schools, and communities  

Folders 6-8: ephemera about Connecticut, New England, Mount Vernon, and New York City

Box 4: Ruth Hawkins Tuttle

Folder 1-4: letters and postcards written to Ruth Hawkins Tuttle mostly from her mother Lillian Darling Hawkins, 1919-1937. Ruth is living in Eastport, New York and is the wife of Long Island duck farmer Ray L. Tuttle (married in September 1920). Her mother lives in East Setauket, New York. 

Box 5

Folders 1-6: letters to and from Lillian Bayles Darling Hawkins (Lizzie), 1896-1938

Folder 7: women’s lineage societies including Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Society of New England Women

Folder 8: copper plate and calling cards, Mrs. Elvin S. Hawkins (envelope)

Box 6: Elvin S. Hawkins

Folders 1-4: Communications to Elvin S. Hawkins from the Suffolk Lodge No. 60, Free and Accepted Masons, Port Jefferson, New York, 1930-1953 (folder 4 includes the booklet The Strange Death of Boake Carter, and Other Mysterious Matters by Stewart Robb and Linda Folkard, 1946)

Folders 5-9: Communications to Elvin S. Hawkins from the Suwassett Chapter, No. 195 Royal Arch Mason, Masonic Temple, Patchogue, New York, 1929-1937

Folder 10: Elvin S. Hawkins, bills of sale and maintenance for automobiles

Box 7

Folders 1-3: Communications to Elvin S. Hawkins from the Suwassett Chapter, No. 195 Royal Arch Mason, Masonic Temple, Patchogue, New York, 1929-1937

Folder 4: letters to Mr. and Mrs. Elvin S. Hawkins, 1950s (includes a 45 RPM Silvertone record disc labeled “Letters Part 1” and “Letters Part 2”)

Folder 5: ledger of John S. Hawkins, 1898 and additional notes in various handwritings through 1930

Box 8: Elvin S. Hawkins

Folders 1-10: letters to Elvin S. Hawkins, 1912-1938

Box 9: Elvin S. Hawkins

Folders 1-5: Financial records

Box 10: Elvin S. Hawkins

Folder 1: Bank of Port Jefferson, 1923-1924

Folder 2: Bank of Port Jefferson, 1925

Folder 3: Bank of Port Jefferson, 1926

Folder 4: Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company, 1915-1916

Folder 5: Long Island Lighting Company, 1928-1929 

Folder 6: Loper Brothers Lumber Company, 1924

Folder 7: Mitchell-Rand Manufacturing Company, 1918-1923

Folder 8: New York State Department of Education, 1922

Folder 9: New York Telephone Company, 1921-1922

Folder 10: New York Telephone Company, 1928-1929

Folder 11: Phoenix Insurance Company

Folder 12: South Bay Consolidated Water Company, 1928-1929

Folder 13: United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, 1923-1924

Folder 14: Account ledger, Elvin S. Hawkins, 1928-1931

Folder 15: Elvin S. Hawkins, memo book with accounting information and calling card

Box 11

Scrapbook kept by Miss Marjorie E. Smith while a student at The State Normal School, New Paltz, NY. The scrapbook is 9.25” x 7.5” x 2.” The date range is circa 1917 to 1918. Smith was Leroy Wilcox’s first cousin. Ruth Tuttle also attended New Paltz at the same time. 

Box 12

Folder 1: materials about about The New Paltz State Normal School

Folders 2-6: letters to Emory P. Tuttle from friends and relatives, 1932-1946

Box 13: Emory P. Tuttle

Folder 1: U.S. War Department and Selective Service letters, 1942-194

Folder 2: letters from Houghton College to Emory Tuttle, 1940s

Folders 3-6: letters and materials of Emory Tuttle while a student at Houghton College, 1942-1943

Folder 7: cards and letters to Emory and John Wilson Tuttle, 1945-1950 

Folder 8: letters to Emory Tuttle, 1950s

Folder 9: letters to Emory and Clement Tuttle from John Mark Pepoon, 1950s. Pepoon served

in the U.S. Merchant Marines and was in the same cohort at Eastport as Emory and his brothers.

John Pepoon was the son of pastor Charles A. Pepoon who pastored the Eastport Methodist

Protestant Church 1927-1945.

Box 14

Folder 1: last will and testament of Harold E. Hawkins, 1967

Folder 2: letters to Sadie Tuttle including from aunt Lillian, 1900s  

Folder 3: last will and testament of Elizabeth Raynor, 1882

Folder 4: letter, from Harvey Elliot to Wyllys Elliot, Northford, Connecticut, 1800s

Folder 5: last will testament of Martha Raynor, 1835

Folder 6: deed, Jarius Wines and Jemima Wines to Laban Raynor, 1847

Folder 7: quit claim deed, Gideon H. Raynor to Laban Raynor, 1882

Folder 8:  sale of land, David and Mary Tuthill, and Daniel Tuthill, 1822

Folder 9: deed/indenture, Elizabeth Raynor et al. and Mount Pleasant Cemetery Association of Center Moriches, 1879

Folder 10: fire insurance, Trustees of the Methodist and Espicopal Society, 1888-1891

Folder 11: assignment of mortgage, Thomas Ellson to Daniel Tuttle, 1860

Folder 12: bond, John Reynold and Augustus Pummel? to Thomas Ellson, 1860

Folder 13: satisfaction of mortgage, Abel Gould to Laban Raynor, 1863

Folder 14: deed, Mary Smith and John S. Smith to Laban Raynor, 1866

Folder 15: letter, Laban Raynor to Ava Raynor, 1903

Folder 16: Civil War papers, Laban Raynor, 1864 and 1865

Folder 17: papers about Ruth Hawkins Darling and Daughters of the American Revolution, c1920s 

Folder 18: stationery, Lonesome Pine Duck Farm, Tuttle Brothers, Eastport, Long Island, New York

Folder 19: letter, Seiken “Kenny” Taylor to Ray Tuttle, 1968

Folder 20: envelopes, Carlos Wilcox to Betty Hawkins, 1943 and 1949 

Folder 21: letter, Clarence Raynor to Miss Pensey?, 1901

Folder 22: letter, Lillian ? to Miss Carrie Brown, undated

Folder 23: envelope, Sergeant William Pitney to Mrs. Henry Tuttle, 1944 

Folder 24: letter to Peter ? (Polish language)

Folder 25: letter, ? to Vernon D. Tuttle, 1910

Folder 26: letters, ? to Mrs. R.L. Hawkins (in German language), 1972

Folder 27: two spiral notepads with notes about history of Long Island

Folder 28: c1830s era school book self-ascribed to Daniel Tuthill. This is most likely Daniel Tuthill (1818-1898) who married Cynthia Wells (1818-1895) of Aquebogue, New York. They were the parents of Lillian R. Tuthill Tuttle, mother of Ray L. Tuttle (1895-1972). This Daniel’s father was also Daniel. There is an early entry dated 1814 on one early page. Otherwise, the notebook includes mostly mathematical calculations. One page is a diagram of a “threshing machine.” The cover appears to be made of wall paper and newspaper.

Folders 29-30: newspaper clippings of local historical information

Box 15 

Folder 1: The Child Angel by Mrs. Mary A. Denison, 18--

Folder 2: 1911 Correct Guide: Map and Street Directory of New York City

Folder 3: assorted calling cards and blank small notebook

Folder 4: letters to Susan Augusta Van Brunt Darling, 1880s and 1890s

Folder 5: check (September 26, 1864); Promissory Note and Protest of Promissory Note (October 29, 1864). Matter involves Andrew H. Sands, John E. Darling, David Ripley & Sons, Newark Bank, St. Nicholas Bank, and Merchants’ Bank

Folder 6: land transfer document from James Petty, Junior to Daniel Tuthill, Junior, both of Riverhead, dated March 31, 1812, and witnessed by David Edwards and Daniel Youngs, Junior

Folder 7: quitclaim land document from Prudence Tuthill to David and Daniel Tuthill, all of Riverhead, dated March 14, 1796, witnessed by Mehitabel Wells and David Conkling

Folder 8: letter from Catharine Jones to her cousin, telling of the death of her father, written from Drowned Meadow and dated February 13, 1832

Folder 9: land transfer deed of sale document, Jeremiah Wells of Southold to James Tuthill also of Southold, dated April 16, 1785, witnessed by Isaiah Wells and Nathaniel Wells, Junior. Signed by Jeremiah Wells and his wife Hannah Wells

Folder 10: land transfer document, Daniel Youngs and his wife Jerusha to Daniel Tuthill, all of Riverhead, dated January 15, 1829, witnessed by Amanda Hallock and Huldah Youngs

Folder 11: letter from Martha Darling to her husband, Capt. Alfred Darling, December 4, 1838.

Folder 12: letter from Martha Darling to Alfred Darling, written from Setauket, May 1840

Folder 13: letter from John E. Darling to his brother, Capt. Alfred Darling, written from Smithtown, March 8, 1836

Folder 14: letter from Martha Darling to Alfred Darling, written from Setauket, December 2, 1841

Folder 15: letter from Alfred Darling to his wife, Martha Darling, October 18, 1845

Folder 16: promissory document for Methodist Meeting House at Setauket, February 26, 1847, signed by Alfred Darling, William D. Cargill, Nehemiah Hand, Charles W. Darling, Marvin Raynor, and Thomas Rowlin

Folder 17: promissory document for the purchase of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Setauket, from Alfred Darling, March 6, 1843.Names include Peter Darling, Charles Darling, Henry Tyler, Nehemiah Hand, Henry Hawkins, Alfred Darling, and many others. Verso of document reads “Acknowledgement of Deed”

Folder 18: quitclaim land transfer document, from David Tuthill to Daniel Tuthill, both of Riverhead, April 26, 1803, witnessed by David Conkling and Lydia Tuthill. David Tuthill’s wife, Mary Tuthill, assents to and signs this document

Folder 19: land agreement document among Daniel Youngs, David Tuthill and Daniel Tuthill, all of Riverhead, witnessed by John Dimon, April 24, 1822

Box 16: Elvin S. Hawkins

Folders 1-20: Elvin S. Hawkins’ papers concerning the Caroline Church of Brookhaven, Setauket, New York 

Box 17: Photographs

Folder 1

  • Janet Leake, daughter of Edna Van Brunt
  • West Meadow Beach, 1934
  • Arthur Loper, Eva Hawkins, Lizzie Loper, Elvin Hawkins, Anna Hawkins at 7000 Main Street, Trailer? Village, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Schooner “John Crockford” abandoned in ice on Long Island Sound, three miles off Old Field Point. Photograph by Capt. Byron W. Hallock, February 4, 1904. Left to Right in Photo: Capt. Vincent Hallock, Capt. Charles Hallock, Capt. John Terrell, Frank Howell, Capt. Gilbert Hutchinson, James B. Gurney, Capt. A. Morse Hawkins, Elvin S. Hawkins and Herbert Nelson; Old Field Point February 16, 1904. Charles Edwards, Geo(rge) Post
  • Baby Howard, six weeks
  • Martha Darling Woodhull at six years old. Howard Arens Woodhull at six weeks old.
  • Martha Darling Woodhull, 6 years old. Howard Arens Woodhull at 6 weeks old. 814 S. Cascade Ave., Colo. Springs, Colo.
  • Lottie Woodhull (Cousin LottieTaken) taken in Indianapolis, Indiana 
  • Helen Bowers
  • George Fordham

Folder 2

  • untitled, faded family portrait in outdoor setting: two boys, two women, bicycle
  • Mary Cohen Darling with an unidentified man
  • untitled, cow in gated pen
  • Donald Wells (portrait in enclosure from Johnson’s Studio, Patchogue, N.Y.)
  • William Floyd Carman
  • Photograph of a farmhouse. Persons in foreground identified as Elbert O. Darling, Susan Augusta Van Brunt Darling, Charles Wilmot, and Lizzie B. Darling. Saturday Morning, October 12 1889. Lange (Artist.)
  • Mr. George Hand, Miss Emily Jones, Mrs. George Hand, Mrs. C Jones, Margaret, Mrs. L. ?, Mrs. Lillian Jones, Mr. M. Murphy, Emily Whitman (?), ? Hawkins, Ruth Dyches (?), Gladys Jones,  Miss N. L’Hommedieu, Louise Mc Cauley, Stanley Hand, Florence Hawkins, Marion Peters, Ruth Hawkins

Folder 3

  • In enclosure, Helen Loper, cousin of Ruth D. Hawkins Tuttle
  • untitled, portrait of young woman, May 1900 
  • Anna Elizabeth Hawkins, age 1 year 4 months (great uncle James Hawkins daughter)
  • “Deborah A. Hendrickson” (vessel) - foreground home port, Port Jefferson, built 1867 in Keyport, New Jersey; 54.6 ft length, tonnage 28.12 gross
  • Original and print, schooner “Stephen Tabor” and Van Brunt House before 1910. Verso of original photograph also states “Setauket Harbor - where Shore Road meets Van Brunt Manor Road" (in Setauket)

Folder 4

  • E.O. Darling home, East Setauket, New York . Today, corner Harmony Lane and Main St. (25A), Looking NW (northwest) from behind.
  • photograph and envelope, Aunt Sally Roe, “Old Slave Cabin” on Van Brunt farm.
  • postcard of the Tuttle Brothers’ boat named Rattipoo
  • creek and Setauket Harbor, 1934
  • old Roe house, burned about 1920
  • old Van Brunt Homestead. Sitting: Mrs. Hewes, Lillian Van Brunts Grandmother, other two- Mable Van Brunt, Sadie Van Brunt, Lillian’s two oldest sisters (home of Emory Tuttles great great Grandfather, East Setauket, N.Y.)
  • Mrs. Clarissa Fordham’s residence

Folder 5

  • Bryant House, North Country Road, Setauket, New York
  • Mrs. Hewes, Lillian’s grandmother, Mabel Van Brunt and Sadie Van Brunt, Lillian's two oldest sisters, Old Van Brunt Homestead, Mrs. Hewes
  • front: Cider Making, See No. 32. Back: (c.1870) The cider mill on the James Hawkins place, it was operated later by his son-in-law, Daniel C. Macy. Copied from a painting by William M. Davis, Port Jefferson, L.I. Canvas 26 ½ x 16 ½ inches.
  • untitled, house with a few trees
  • half way house to Pikes Peak (Colorado) on the Carriage Poad about 6 miles from the Peak, September 16, 1907
  • Summit of Pikes Peak, September 16, 1907
  • postcard, front: Dahlstrom’s Green Tree Lodge, Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, Long Island. Phone: Huntington 38 - Route 25; back: Postcard A. Biren, 1252 Decatur St., Brooklyn, NY.
  • Postcard, front: East Broadway, Port Jefferson L.I. Back: Published by Beckwith’s Drug Store, Port Jefferson, L.I.
  • postcard, front: Caroline Church, East Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., back: Caroline Church (brief history of Caroline Church).

Folder 6

  • postcard, front: Brecknock Hall, Greenport, L.I., N.Y., back: Published by Hochheister’s 5 & 10c Store, Greenport, L.I., N.Y.
  • postcard, front: Lake scene, back: Frank Melville Memorial Park Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., Pub. by R.S. Feather, Photographer, Smithtown Branch, L.I., N.Y.
  • postcard, front: glass engraving, back: Making of Steuben Glass Corning Glass Center, Corning, N.Y. Also: Photo of Hindu Worship, annotated on back with call to prayer: “they will learn the better way by faith in Christ.”
  • postcard, Middletown, Connecticut, North Hall, Wesleyan University
  • postcard, Middletown, Connecticut, Library and Chapel, Wesleyan University
  • postcard, front: entrance to Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., 013, back: Star Stationery Co., Newark, N.J.
  • postcard, The Corning Glass Center, Corning, N.Y.
  • postcard, Lanes Cottage Court and Dining Room
  • postcard, Ashland Oval, East Orange, N.J.
  • Newport “The Breakers”, Vanderbilt’s summer home

Folder 7

  • The Old Falls Church in Virginia, with lengthy description of the church on verso.
  • Case twins, 14 months, Barbara and Nathalie Case
  • Case twins, 8 months old, Barbara and Nathalie Case
  • Barbara Case and Nathalie Case
  • enclosure, wedding portrait, brother to Elvin S. Hawkins: Israel B. Hawkins and Ida M. L’Hommedieu
  • enclosure, Sherman Woodhull
  • Barbara and Nathalie Case, one year old, born May 17, 1905

Folder 8

  • enclosure, c1890, ? Waterman
  • enclosure, Mary Darling Bird Carman, wife of Floyd Carman
  • enclosure, Donald Wells
  • Joseph Wells Jr.
  • Martha Darling Woodhull, born July 9, 1901, “10 weeks old” Lottie S. Woodhull

Folder 9

  • Miss Louise Schumacher
  • enclosure, Lottie S. Woodhull Macauley
  • Sarah Van Brunt, Lillian’s sister
  • May 30, 1889, Schooner “Willow Harp,” Hyannis, Mass., Bev Tyler, E.S. Hawkins (Swede), Charles Newton
  • Florence R. Hawkins

Folder 10

  • Louise Schumaker and Lizzie Darling (on left), July 1893
  • enclosure, family portrait (tintype), Joe Schumaker, Emily Kerner, Katie Schumaker, Fred Berseuger, Emma Schumaker, Carrie Louman; front row L-R: Hattie Smith, Lizzie Darling, Louise Schumaker, Ray Covert
  • Mary Elizabeth Van Brunt
  • Ruth Hawkins, Order No. 4170, August 1914 (fragile; film negatives in envelope)
  • Miss Lizzie Darling, M.E.W. taken April 6, 1894, Hattie Waterman
  • Allie Haviland and Lizzie Wright 
  • card, All the Melvilles at Wide Water, Christmas Day 1955
  • card, 1957 (missing photograph) 
  • Suffolk County Colony at New York, June 19, 1931 at house of Mrs. Charles Bastin

Box 18: Photographs

Folder 1: Elvins S. Hawkins, Minnie Hallock, Lizzie B. Hawkins, Minnie Hallock and son Willard Hallock, in Newport, Rhode Island

Folder 2: James B. Van Brunt and family

Folder 3: Members of the Hallock, Hawkins, Thayer, and Terrell families, Old Field Lighthouse, Old Field, New York